Share ideas, What did you eat today ?

I must eat and if I see another protein shake I will throw up.

My typical day:
Breakfast: 1 6 oz. glass skim milk, 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Snack - 4 almonds or a bag of 100 cal. cookies or protein bar
lunch - small salad with fat free dressing, turkey (not processed lunchmeat to much salt) or hard boiled egg
Dinner - Baked fish, and small vegs or salad.
NO bread, no pasta, no potatoes (except sweet potatoes)
snack - sugar free desserts, or low fat ricotta cheese with almond extract or another flavoring, delicious!

Approx. 800 cal per day, sometimes a little more. I'm losing 1-2 lbs. per week and happy. I do NOT eat soup, my doctor says it goes right threw you, emptying the pouch and your hungrey to soon.

Good luck

Banded 12/3/07
Weight loss 31 lbs.

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I am not sure if anyone else has had any luck but I started the Smartstart or Lean Cuisine entrees depending on what I am in the mood for but they seem pretty good so far low salt,low fat,reduced calories etc. Feedback would be appreciated-But my day usually goes:

Br- Oatmeal/ Cream of Wheat (Craving that stuff like crazy!)
Snack-Fruit
Lunch- Fruit w/chicken breast
Dinner- Smartstart Entree
Snack- Weight Watcher or Nutrigrain snack bar


How many calories are you guys doing in a day??

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Kevin



Banded:08/14/2007
Lennox Hill Hospital,NYC
"Whatever Does'nt Kill Me Only Makes Me Stronger"

I try to stay below 1000 but there are days (like today) when I go overboard

Breakfast ~ Atkins Mocha Shake
Snack ~ 3 raw almonds & 1 package Buddig oven roasted turkey
Lunch ~ 3oz polska kielbasa & 1 colby jack cheese stick
Snack ~ .5oz pork rinds
Dinner ~ Salad (1oz lettuce, 1oz salami, 1 string cheese, 2T italian dressing)
Snack ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake

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today:
b - 1/3c pinto bean soup
l - 1c chick pea salad
d - 3oz filet / 1/4 sweet potato (going to try steak for the first time in forever)
s - EAS Carb Control Strawberry/cream Protein Shake *if needed*

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Banded 10.12.07
Start - 200lbs, Size 16
Current - 5'1 123lbs size 6
5k's: 10.4/11.1

Hey guys,
What I'm curious about is the timing of all these "small meals"? I'm going into my 6th month and I have been able to eat normally (going for my second fill 02/21.) What time do you guys eat these meals are you eating every 2 or 3 hours?? I am not sure what you guys are talking about when you say "sweet spot" am I misinformed?

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Kevin



Banded:08/14/2007
Lennox Hill Hospital,NYC
"Whatever Does'nt Kill Me Only Makes Me Stronger"

Every 2-3 hours sounds about right ... "sweet spot" is the perfect fill level where you're getting full on small amounts of food, not hungry between meals & losing weight consistently.

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Breakfast ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake
Lunch ~ Salad (1oz lettuce, .75oz salami, 1 colby jack cheese stick, 1.5T italian dressing)
Snack ~ .5oz pork rinds
Dinner ~ Small chili w/ cheese & onion (from Wendy's)
Snack ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake

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B: Kashi vanilla oatmeal and a morningstar farms veggie sausage patty
L: Mountain bread sandwich with avocado, turkey, and spinach
D: not really a meal, because I succumbed to carb cravings and ate a couple servings of goldfish crackers. Not going to beat myself up - tomorrow is another day - can't wait for restriction, though!

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Alyson

Banded 12/18/07 by Dr William Neal, Olympia, WA
Five fills (to 9.6 ml) and one unfill (to 7.6 ml)

Your sweet spot is when you have reached the right amount of restriction to allow you to lose 5-10 pounds a month. It means you can eat three small meals a day and stay satisfied between them.
You can probably eat normally because you aren't at your sweet spot. Keep getting fills until you reach it and you will have an easier time losing weight. I have had four fills and am just getting close to my sweet spot.
My doctor instructed us to try to eat three meals a day, no snacking. We are supposed to eat enough at the meals to carry us over til the next one. Once you are at the proper restriction your meals will be small...around 1 cup of food. Also, the three meals per day can be eaten at any time - so if you aren't as hungry in the morning you can eat breakfast late and go from there. They don't care if they are two hours apart, we're just supposed to eat three times to get the right nutrition. Your food log looked fine to me - didn't look like too much food to me.

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Breakfast ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake followed by 1 scrambled egg & 1 slice bacon
Lunch ~ 1 mild italian sausage & 1 colby jack cheese stick
Snack ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake
Dinner ~ 3 grilled chicken strips from Jack In The Box

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Breakfast ~ Atkins Cafe Mocha shake
Lunch ~ 1.5oz polska kielbasa & 1 colby jack cheese stick
Snack ~ 1 chicken drumstick
Snack ~ 1 colby jack cheese stick
Dinner ~ 2 chicken ranchero tacos from Taco Bell, minus the tortillas (dumped into a bowl and eaten like a salad)

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yesterday:
b - half whole wheat english muffin & 1tbsp peanut butter / black coffee
l - grilled chicken pot sticker
d - 3oz filet / 1/2c steamed spinach
s - lowfat yogurt / 1/4c granola

today:
b- lowfat yogurt / 1/4c granola
s - EAS Carb Control Strawberry/cream Protein Shake
l - crab cake / 1/3c field greens
d - 1c cabage stew

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Banded 10.12.07
Start - 200lbs, Size 16
Current - 5'1 123lbs size 6
5k's: 10.4/11.1

Bloo - I notice that you drink the Atkins shakes for bkfst which is what I do too, but I want to know where you find all these great flavors (Caramel Latte, etc.) cos' all I can find are the vanilla, chocolate and strawberry at Walmart. Please advice cos' I'd love to mix it up since I'm getting bored with the above 3. Thanks. KKG

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Kelly "The Journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step" - Chinese proverb - Taking it one step at a time... Surgery: 12/26/07... H: 366 DOS: 357 G: 180... 1st Fill: 1/22/08 2nd Fill: 2/4/08 3rd Fill: 3/11/08 4th Fill: 5/13/08 Partial Unfill: 5/21/08 5th Fill: 6/3/08

I buy the Cafe Mocha at my local grocery store and the Caramel Latte at a local vitamin/health food store called Clark's.
I know these flavors are available online at amazon.com and drugstore.com, problem is the cost of shipping

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Breakfast ~ Atkins Caramel Latte shake
Snack ~ a small bag of Fritos
Lunch ~ 5 chicken nuggets from McD's w/ hot mustard sauce
Dinner ~ the insides of a taco supreme, and a pintos & cheese from Taco Bell

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